242 pp. - colour ill. - 772 stamps - softbound - reprinted 2010 - 1st ed. 2008
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)
HISTORY OF PHYSICS
THROUGH POSTAGE STAMPS
History of Physics through postage stamps, about 800, issued by different countries in the world about people, discoveries, inventions of Physics, with their historical background, in chronological or logical order.
To explain the theme represented in the stamp, a caption gives the information needed to understand the evolution of science, methods, discoveries and inventions of Physics.
Peculiar work, very interesting and educational, for lovers and stamp collectors but also for students and teachers and for all those who are interested in physics.
CONTENTS
Mechanics - Gravitation - Fluids - Energy - Thermodynamics - Electromagnetism - Waves - Relativity - Modern physics - Astrophysics - Metrology - Appendix: Glossary - Phisics foundamental steps - Alphabetical list of stamps - Alphabetical list of Nobel prizes on stamps - Alphabetical list of 103 countries featured on stamps